Some 100 people died during the massive border rush last week in Spain’s Ceuta, the enclave city’s leader Juan Jesus Vivas said on Thursday during an EU parliamentary meeting.
Vivas added that between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants were still in Ceuta.
The European Union is vulnerable if border controls depend on the goodwill of one neighbouring country, EU migration chief Magnus Brunner said on Thursday, following the Ceuta border rush.
“One very important reminder from Ceuta is that to have control, we must cooperate with our neighbours, of course, but as long as control depends on the goodwill of one neighbouring state, we remain,(…) vulnerable”, he said during an EU parliamentary meeting.
